The Weekend Guide for Dec. 2-4: Drama, Dance, Noise Pop, a Choral Christmas Concert, and More

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Here’s a list of what to do this weekend: A Christmas Carol, hot holiday jazz, an internationally acclaimed choral ensemble, The Nutcracker, indie rock, and more. Visit the Knoxville Mercury online calendar or pick up this week’s issue for a full list of the weekend’s offerings.

FRIDAY, DEC. 2
Clarence Brown Theatre: A Christmas Carol
Clarence Brown Theatre • 7:30 p.m. • $26-$32

Jed Diamond as Scrooge in CBT's A Christmas Carol. Brynn Yeager

Jed Diamond as Scrooge in CBT’s A Christmas Carol.

Now, more than usual, Charles Dickens’ holiday fable takes on renewed relevance as we enter an age of Scrooges run amok—and Clarence Brown Theatre’s new production is a delight. Through Dec. 18.

 

The Hot Sardines: Holiday Stomp
Clayton Center for the Arts (Maryville) • 7:30 p.m. • $27-$43
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Expect hot, swinging interpretations of holiday favorites like “White Christmas” and smoky Continental fare like Edit Piaf’s “Le Noël de la Rue” from this good-time New York ensemble.

Jamie Laval
Laurel Theatre • 8 p.m. • $20
North Carolina’s Jamie Laval has been hailed as one of the world’s greatest practitioners of traditional Scottish music.

 

SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Appalachian Ballet Company: The Nutcracker
Knoxville Civic Auditorium • 7:30 p.m. • $29-$44
This is the Appalachian Ballet Company’s 45th performance of the holiday warhorse. Additional performances will be held on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. and at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville on Friday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m.

Beige Blood with Crave On
Pilot Light • 10 p.m. • $5crave-on
Beige Blood is an experimental/underground noise-pop band from Nashville. The folk/psych/indie/garage band Crave On, also from Nashville, just released its third album, Cheers. 18 and up.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 4
Masterpieces of Indian Cinema: Monsoon Wedding
Lawson McGhee Public Library • 2 p.m. • Free
Knox County Public Library’s series of Indian films continues with Mira Nair’s 2001 comedy-drama about the challenges of putting on a traditional wedding in the 21st century.

Detroit Dave: A Celebration of Life
The Concourse • 4 p.m. • Free
Fans, friends, family, and fellow musicians gather to remember local guitar legend “Detroit” Dave Meer, who died in November. The event is free, but donations for Meer’s funeral arrangements will be accepted.

Stile Antico: A Wondrous Mystery
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral • 7:30 p.m. • $25-$50

Stile Antico 2010 Photo: Marco BorggreveMarco Borggreve

Stile Antico 2010
Photo: Marco Borggreve

The world-renowned English choral ensemble Stile Antico specializes in vocal music of the Renaissance; Wondrous Mystery, Stile Antico’s Christmas program, includes a Christmas mass by the Flemish composer Clemens non Papa and a host of traditional German motets and carols: Eccard’s Übers Gebirg Maria geht and Michael Praetorius’ Magnificat, which includes the carols “In dulci jubilo” and “Josef lieber, Josef mein.” The concerts often open with Praetorius’ “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen,” familiar to English ears as “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming.”

 

 

Senior Editor Matthew Everett manages the Knoxville Mercury's arts & entertainment section, including the comprehensive calendar section—Knoxville’s go-to guide for everything worth doing in the area. You can reach Matthew at matthew@knoxmercury.com.

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